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Barrington Stage Co. Season – Equity Chorus Calls
Barrington Stage Company | Pittsfield, MA
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Date of Audition:
2/26/2014
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Call Type
Equity Chorus
Time(s)
Equity Chorus Call / Dancers who sing
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
9:30 AM - Equity Female Dancers
11:30 AM - Equity Male Dancers
Equity Chorus Call / Singers who move/dance
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
2 PM - Equity Female Singers
4 PM - Equity Male Singers
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Contract
LOA
ref to COST; $549/week and SPT Cat 8; $502/week
Location
Actors' Equity Association Audition Center
165 West 46th Street
16th Floor
New York, NY 10036
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Seeking
Equity Ensemble Dancers who sing and Singers who dance/move for the 2014 season musicals:
KISS ME KATE
THE GOLEM OF HAVANA
ROMANCE IN HARD TIMES
see breakdown for info.
Preparation
Dancers – men should bring kneepads, women should bring heels.
Also prepare 16 bars of a traditional up-tempo song that shows your range in case asked to stay and sing. An accompanist will be provided.
Singers: Please prepare 16 bars of a traditional up-tempo song that shows your range. An accompanist will be provided.
All bring headshot and resume stapled together.
Other Dates
MA EPAs: 2/20 (musicals) and 2/21 (plays), 1pm-6pm each day, at BSC Mainstage
NYC EPA (Musicals): 2/24, 9:30 - 5:30 at AEA
NYC EPA (Plays): 2/25, 9:30 - 5;30, at Ripley Grier
NYC ECCs 2/26: 9:30FD, 11:30MD, 2FS, 4MS, at AEA
Personnel
Julianne Boyd – Artistic Director
Tristan Wilson – Managing Director
NYC Casting Director: Pat McCorkle
· Chorus rules are in effect.
· A monitor will be provided.
Performers of all ethnic and racial background are encouraged to attend.
Always bring your Equity Membership Card to auditions.
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Breakdown
Breakdown
2014 SEASON MUSICALS
KISS ME, KATE
Mus/Lyrics: Cole Porter
Book: Sam & Bella Spewack
Dir: TBA
Mus Dir: Darren Cohen
Choreo: Josh Bergasse
Reh: 5/20 -6/10/14
Prev. 6/11
Runs: 6/15–7/12
Mainstage: LOA
ENSEMBLE – 8M/6-7W
actors, stage crew, etc. in modern day and in The Shrew. All ages/types. Superb singers, all move well.
Hortensio (2nd suitor)/Riley:
Riley: aide to the domineering General Howell; Hortensio: 2nd suitor in The Shrew, soloist #1 in Cantiamo D’Amore, & as a dancer in the ensemble. Tenor (Low Bb up to an A)
Gremio (1st Suitor)/Flynt
Flynt: aide to the domineering General Howell; Gremio: 1st suitor in The Shrew & a dancer in the ensemble. (Bari/tenor - Low Bb up to a G)
Ralph—Any age, sings in Too Darn Hot & Another Op’nin’, Another Show. Stage manager of The Shrew
Gregory/Dance Captain- Petruchio's servant in The Shrew
Pops/Doorman/Padua Priest- warm-hearted, loves his job; been doing it for decades; must sing & move. (Baritone - up to an F)
Stagehand #1/Cab driver/Nathaniel- Petruchio's servant in The Shrew, soloist #2 in Cantiamo D’Amore. (Baritone - up to an F)
Philip/Stagehand #2– servant to Petruchio; part of male quartet in Opening, trio in Too Darn Hot, half of donkey. (Baritone - up to an F)
Haberdasher/Stagehand #3/Driver for General Howell-part of male quartet in Opening, trio in Too Darn Hot, half of donkey. (Baritone - up to an F)
Wardrobe Lady
Padua Inn Waitress
Ensemble Singer/Mover– Bianca quartet
4 Superb Dancers/Singers (2M/2F)
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GOLEM OF HAVANA
Mus: Salomon Lerner
Lyrics: Len Schiff
Book: Michel Hausman
Dir: Michel Hausman
Mus Dir: TBA
Choreo: TBA
Reh: 6/24–7/15
Prev: 7/16
Runs: 7/23 – 8/9
Contract: SPT
Hungarian-Jewish family in Batista’s Havana on brink of Cuban Revolution. When their maid’s son, a guerrilla fighter is injured, they must choose between protecting him & guarding their fragile prosperity since emigrating to Cuba after WWII. Weaves together music/traditions of 2 worlds, asking questions about family, community, religion, politics
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ROMANCE IN HARD TIMES
Mus/Lyrics: William Finn
Book: Rachel Sheinkin
Dir: Joe Calarco
Mus Dir: Matt Cassel
Reh: 7/29 – 8/13/14
Prev: 8/14
Closes: 8/31
Contract: SPT
A soup kitchen in the Depression. A pregnant woman refuses to give birth until she sees some hope in the world. She is twenty months pregnant & counting. Former socialites, unemployed actors, capitalists down on their luck, & Eleanor Roosevelt try to get through the Depression with some dignity intact.
Ensemble
Harmonizing Losers (1 tenor, 1 high baritone, 1 bass baritone provisionally broken down as follows):
Actor- Gus, a large thespian of color (Bass baritone)
Writer-A real Jew who writes musicals. Wrote unsuccessful show called 'Romance in Hard Times' that’s been driving him crazy for years. Resembles writer William Finn. (High baritone)
Depression-era gangster fallen on hard times. Probably a little guy. Age, race flexible. (Tenor)
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